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Students wishing to recreate the better parts of the Middle Ages," for example, did so in the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). A chapter of a national group bearing the same name, the Harvard branch attempted to reproduce the authentic food, clothing, activities, and social conventions of the Medieval period...
...when the other heirs to Hughes' estimated $2 billion agreed to pay her an undisclosed settlement within six weeks. The sum will be enough, said Moore, "to live comfortably on the interest for the rest of my life." But she has further plans, including adding a new final chapter to a tale-telling book on her open-ended marriage. As for Hughes' other heirs, 24 relatives of varying closeness, they may at last get their shares, since Moore's claim was the last major obstacle to the distribution of his estate. -By Guy D. Garcia...
...swearing-in ceremony at the old Executive Office Building in Washington, the President called him "an extraordinary public servant" who would have "total support in the difficult job of enforcing and administering our nation's environmental protection laws." Reagan urged him to start "a new chapter." With that mandate, William Ruckelshaus last week became the new administrator of the troubled Environmental Protection Agency. Said Jay Hair, executive vice president of the National Wildlife Federation, the nation's largest nonprofit citizen's conservation group: "Not only is Ruckelshaus the best choice anyone could hope for from this Administration...
...White River Junction Realtor Chas Baker: "Just about anybody who walks through my doors fits at least one of the profile's criteria." An editorial in the Rutland, Vt, Herald sharply criticized the DEA request, using the headline REALTORS AS NARCS. Some residents even complained to the Vermont chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, whose executive director, Scott Skinner, found that the DEA profile "smacks of Big Brotherism...
...GRAND TOTAL of 20 people out of 89 put the finishing touches on the Undergraduate Council's first year last Monday night. That is one fewer than the number who assembled last May to write the last chapter of the Student Assembly's history, a four-year student government experiment which failed. Superficially, the figures could indicate zero achievement by the new student government, the first funded one in Harvard's history. If a Harvard student can't even assemble three-fourths of its elected representatives, students may understandably ask, what impact can it have on undergraduate life...